Ohio Newspaper Association Audit Highlights Circulation
The Athens Messenger notes involvement with industry groups including the American Newspaper Publishers Association the Audit Bureau of Circulations and the Inland Daily Press Association. It references the Ohio List and Associated Ohio Dailies and mentions press associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Newspaper Publishers Association, Ohio List
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Ohio Dailies
Inland Daily Prese Association
Foti Leese Sy Wire Hepert of
Weinited Press Associations
Thoughtful quotes on friendship and obedience
A collection of aphorisms cites St. John and Voltaire, reflecting on friendship as obedience and the soul’s union. The lines juxtapose spiritual command with secular musings on friendship and likeness.
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Voltaire
Breakfast as a Daily Event in Mr Baldwin’s Mirth
The piece contrasts Mr Baldwin’s cheerful breakfast with the typical city routine. It argues that a good morning meal should be an event, not a rushed incident, praising the farmer’s slower, hearty start and suggesting city dwellers need more time and a better menu to face daily pressures.
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England
Mr. Baldwin
Morpheus
Baldwin
Welfare Council urges employers to assure workers job security
A New York Welfare Council on Unemployment campaign calls business and industrial leaders to publicly guarantee job security where possible. The statement argues such assurances ease poverty fears, boost worker morale and efficiency, and stimulate normal spending rather than hoarding cash for potential disaster. COROLLARY to the "Buy Now"
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welfare Council
New York
Witchcraft beliefs widespread in New York City and beyond
A health survey report notes that witchcraft workers and evil eye healers still flourish in New York City exploiting the ignorant, particularly the foreign-born. The piece argues New Yorkers should apply the same scrutiny to urban areas as rural Pennsylvania amid recent murder case controversies.
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Pennsylvania
New York
United Press
New York City
Prohibition in the Courts Reignites Dry vs Wet Debate
Analyzes a New Jersey federal judge ruling that the prohibition amendment is invalid. The piece notes the Supreme Court previously upheld the amendment and suggests any change would more likely come through legislative action than court decision, arguing a swift nationwide shift to wet status is unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Supreme Court
Jersey
United States Supreme Court
Notable committee urges five year moratorium on capital punishment
A parliamentary group urges Britain to suspend death penalty for five years as an experiment in pen alty. They favor abolition but seek data to win conservative support and test if removing hanging affects murder deterrence. The proposal aims to offer irrefutable evidence on capital punishment’s impact.
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Mentary
England
Christmas memories haunt New York skyline cells and street
In New York on Christmas Eve the city feels memories of home scenes from far lands. Gilbert Swan recalls apartment windows, firs, window displays, and the busy street vendors selling toys as crowds seek festive echoes of childhood across America.
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Gilbert Swan Messenger
New York
America
Uncle Joe
York
Connecticut
Westchester
Times Square
Maine Hills
Broadway
Unicorn’s Curse Strikes Circle of Spiders Trapping Servants
In a local fable scene servitors release spiders inside a circle. they perish, while those outside flee. Ivan declares his unicorn’s horn lacks power and predicts death. He dies, yet the unicorn is not to blame for his fate.
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Ivan
Congress Faces Yearlong Delay on World Court Nuisance
Fragmentary notes claim a nuisance to the world court is laid on Snell for a year while the Wickersham Prohibition Committee, apparently at request, may be hiding in the cellar. The text hints Congress may proceed with real business and relief for those who appeal for it, mentioning Muskle Shoals and fertilizer costs to farmers.
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Snell
Wickersham
Congress
Don Robledo Wins Big At Shanghai Odds Record
Don Robledo ridden by Bill Tingle won at Kiangwan Race Track Shanghai on June 11 1929. The 3037 to 1 upset paid 15193.70 for a $5 ticket, a single winning stub causing a racegoer frenzy. Robledo led all the way by a length and a half. Also notes an enormous Oregon State College apple and a teaser for tomorrow.
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Don Robledo
Bill Tingle
Kiangwan
Shanghai
China
China Press of Shanghai
Oregon State College
Corvallis
Oregon
Cuba Sugar Collapse and Political Tensions Hit Economy
Frederic J. Haskin warns Cuba’s economy hinges on a single crop as sugar prices crash from 23 cents to about 1 cent per pound. Production remains high to avoid land abandonment, wages fall, and workers earn meager shares. world surplus and tariffs deepen unrest and threaten revolution.
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Cuba
Republic
United States
Europe
Mauritius
Java
Stalin Rules Russia as Unchallenged Autocrat
The text portrays Stalin as the undisputed ruler after removing Ry koff from the council of people's commissars. It compares his absolute power to Peter the Great and Moscow’s early rulers who controlled lives and property, while noting Stalin’s drive to industrialize and imitate Peter the Great as a builder.
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Stalin
Rykoff
Council of People's Commissars
Russia
Peter the Great
French Senegalese Soldier Kills Three in Tunnel Standoff
Report says a French Senegalese soldier named Seenda suddenly went mad and killed three people before fatally shooting himself after a subterranean vault siege. He held back about two thousand French troops for hours, illustrating how fear of death protects others and how losing that fear makes a man most dangerous.
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Seenda
Vauit
Polar mission launch near term with Nautilus sub
Sir Hubert Wilkins aims for a northern pole voyage next April with help from Jean Jules Verne, grandson of Jules Verne, at the polar submarine Nautilus launch. The piece blends sensational language with the plan, noting cold scientific aims and imminent expedition.
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Sakr
Hubert Wilkins
North Pole
Jean Jules Verne
Imagination Sparks Space Travel Beyond Earth
A writer envisions future space travel to the Moon and Mars. It argues there is no limit to human travel once gravity is escaped and that doubters cannot stop progress. The piece asserts that imagination precedes achievement.
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Moon
Mars
Space
Earth
Space Boomerang Vision and Earth’s Long Tomorrow
An provocative reflection argues that science will master travel between space and Earth and that humanity is only twelve thousand years from the late Stone Age. It contemplates future use of volcanic climates winds and wave power and the need to decide what to do with the old Earth.
Senator Bingham Leads Opposition to Maternity Aid Extension
Washington lawmakers debate renewing the Sheppard-Towner maternity program amid charges of Bolshevik influence and communist danger. Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecticut cites past censure and allies with Patriot groups against federal funding for mothers and children, while Wesley Jones presses the bill with wide support.
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Washington
Hiram Binsham
Connecticut
Bingham
Senate
Connecticut Manufacturers’ Association
Senate Finance Committee
Wesley Jones
American Medical Association
The
Sentinels of the Republic
Ladies of the Women's Patriot
Binghau
Thrill Eater Views Wild Life Through Telephoto Lens
A poem exploring fascination with distant wild animals captured by telephoto photography. The speaker prefers modern wildlife images taken from safe distances, noting the lack of personal danger and a desire for adventure without risk. The piece closes with social commentary on governance and policing in New York City.
Ohio University Alumni Triumph and Historical Snippets
Logans and Athenians return home after payroll cuts hit Akron plants. E W Chubb hosts Ohio University football squad banquet. John Hancock High alumni defeat Ohio University basketball. high school girls beat Luhrigeiris in an athletic tourney. First South eastern Ohio School Masters Club officers listed. Evan Joes Jr visits Muskingum College families. Athens hospital veteran Mary Ann Sterritt dies at 66. Farmers and Teachers Institutes move to Nelsonville. Ohio University class of 1891 member Thomas Jenkins dies in Franklin Pennsylvania.
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John Hancock High School
Ohio University
Luhrigeiris
Mary Ann Sterritt
Athens State Hospital
Gundry
Thomas Jenkins
Franklin
The
Messenger
the Journal
Thief Drives Off With Apples From Athens Warehouse
A well dressed 50 year old man and a 16 year old boy loaded 11 baskets of apples into a truck at an Athens warehouse and drove away with the fruit while the bill was being prepared.
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Athens
Tragic Infant Found in Lincoln Street Sewer Entrance
A lifeless infant with a muslin cord around the neck was discovered at the Lincoln Street sewer entrance in Middleport. Officials estimated the infant had been strangled about two weeks earlier and suspected the child was a Negro.
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Lincoln Street
Middleport
Farmers oppose courthouse offices seek extension school and station
A protest at the Athens County Farmers Institute opposed Ohio University offices in the courthouse. President Ellis approved the suggestion. The group urged a county extension school and a state experiment station and registered against liquor law changes that would end county option.
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Ohio University
Athens County Farmers’ Institute
Ellis
Answers to readers questions from The Athens Messenger
Frederic J. Haskin announces a Washington Information Bureau service with a small fee for direct replies. Readers ask about the Cullinan Diamond, maternity legislation and state roles, Four Horsemen symbolism, cities built on seven hills, pedestrian deaths, book sizes, children’s motion pictures, Thrift Week timing, and Benjamin Franklin’s thrift legacy.
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Frederic
Haskin
Washington
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Rome
Constantinople
Istantin
Jersey City
N. J
Mantion Picture Houses
Benjamin Franklin
J. T. A. James Bruce
Pawan Cabal
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